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Stress Empire Loyalt In Expediting L 4 B'IY The Ontario Legislature acted with almost complete unanimity yesterday to permit the export of hardwood logs to Great Britain, for * use in the manufacture of aircraft parts. Government and Opposition mem-- bers agreed in principle with an amendment to the Timber Act which would permit export of logs without fulfilling required "manu-- facturing conditions," but they bick-- ered for almost an hour over its application and the measure was not sanctioned until Premier Hep-- burn cut short debate by announc»-- | ing that a large trial shpiment of | logs, consigned to a British il'.dUs-' trial group, was being held up' awaiting passage of the bill. Premier Mepburn stressed the patriotic purpose of the measure after argument over one of its clauses threatened to develop into | a verbal storm of major propor-- tions. Expressing his keen desire to "keep any red tape from standing in the way of permitting the Mother Country full access to any of our raw materials," the Premier R smoothed --ruffed feelings whrich :l:tnly developed inte a question of sprang up between Colonel George ra--Empire loyalty, was broached Ap ';)fewpand Hon. Peter Heena'n by Leopold Macaulay (Con., York f en al * | South), who called attention to the He m"':d"' t:ebjuithlcel'zt d:rgu; fact that the Timber Act forbade ments advance y the ader o tm tb the Opposition and agreed to hold | fanyyinf 'conditions" had been ful-- :,l;c rl;l-ura?l\:c; t:mcl(lms::satill\:i:m::: filled, and that the amendment un-- tended meaning more clearly. g:ir l:'&r:;i):erauon would waive that But the Premier, iré&edlal a Eriti- '?lt says' here that logs can be cism of George H. Challies (Con., +« & Grenville--Dundas), -- withdrew -- his :::gortic: '\:;hole ta& the plegsm.lcr:e of sesture 'of appeacement and sped | Uh% ng 'saig. "f believe" that" we ::; ba':'l '::;2:5:1::?":';"';2 bgo::::- either should remove the restriction tious clause himself altogether, or have exceptions made h s ns umt only with approval of the entire The debate on policy, which sud-- House." i t o. "The honorable member still in-- sists on beclouding the issue," re-- torted Hon. Peter Heenan as he defended the clause. Fears Bureaucracy. "It may not be your wish to have ' absolute power over these export contracts," Colonel Drew said. "But this amendment will give you that power, and while you may use it intelligently, your successor may * 'not be disposed to do the same. | There is a tendency to place bureau-- | cratic powers in departments which can be exercised without the knowl-- edge of the House. The time has come to resist that tendency." As the issue threatened to be-- come strained, Premier Hepburn rose to "pour oil on troubled waters." "Perhaps this House does not ap--, preciate the reason for the amend-- ment we are now discussing," he said. "I was approached by mem-- bers of a British mission, repre-- senting -- manufacturers in Great Britain who are supplying aircraft parts for the British Government. They wanted to know why it wasn't possible to buy hardwood in On-- tario and export it to England. I | won't let any red tape stand in their i way and I cannot agree with my \ friend's suggestion that the House |he required to vote on the question every time it comes up." h